Welcome to
Air Traffic Control Towers
Links to Aviation Sites
The following are some helpful web sites that may be of interest to you.
From the Tower
Here are some suggestions on how to be more effective in the Air Traffic System.  Following these suggestions will result in a lower workload for you the pilot and increase the service and safety for you and the other pilots using the system. Keep in mind that all airports/towers are slightly different and have unique requirements staffed by controllers that have slightly different personal controlling techniques just like there are different types of aircraft flown by pilots who have different flying techniques.  The following observations and suggestions express the most commonly used techniques.

Communications

Traffic Patterns

Flight Planning and Weather

Runway Separation Requirements

Navigating the Oxnard-Camarillo Local  Airspace
FAA
Air Traffic Control - FAA Order 7110.65
FARs
AIM
Pilot Controller Glossary
Letters to Airmen
Aviation Safety Articles
Location Identifiers - FAA Order 7350.7
NOTAMs - FAA Order 7930.2
NOTAMs - Publications Class II
METAR - Weather Observation Guidelines
FSDO - Western Pacific Region
NASA - Aviation Safety Reporting System
NTSB - Aviation Accidents
FAA Links - Runway Safety Program
A Brief History of the FAA
CMA Tower
Oxnard Tower

Weather
United States Weather (NWS)
Interactive (NWS)
NOAA Satellite (Western US)
Yahoo Weather Satellite (US - Loop)
Weather Channel (Western US)
Other Weather Sites
Weather Underground
How Weather Works (USA Today)
Aviation Weather

Miscellaneous
Sunrise / Sunset
Correct Time
Temperature / Pressure / Knots
    (Conversion tables)
Density Altitude
Los Angeles Terminal Area Chart
Here are some portions of the VFR Terminal Area Chart
Special Flight Rules Area
Hollywood Park & Shoreline Routing
History Anyone?
Do any of you remember Southern California before the Los Angeles TCA?  How about Southern California in the 1950s?  Click here to see portions of the Los Angeles Aeronautical Chart of 1956.
For Specific Airport Information
click an airport designator below.  It's a small list now ...but it's growing.
BUR - Burbank
CMA - Camarillo
OXR - Oxnard
SBA - Santa Barbara
Let's Go Flying
Looking for an excuse to go flying somewhere?  Try one of these destinations.  Let me know your favorite location to fly to.  atct@airtrafficcontroltowers.com
Additional Airport Information
Included are exerpts from the FAA's Aviation Safety Program for the following airports:
Burbank - Los Angeles Area
Oxnard - Ventura Area
CCR
LAX
LGB
MYF
PHX
SBA
SFO
SNA
VGT
SMO - Santa Monica
VNY - Van Nuys
WHP - Whiteman
Big Bear
Bull Head City
Grand Canyon
Lake Tahoe
Monument Valley (Pvt)
Pismo Beach
Santa Catalina (Pvt)
Santa Paula
Santa Ynez
Sedona